Portugal competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. A delegation of forty eight competitors participated in eight sports, with an equestrian and sailing teams winning both a bronze and Portugal's first Olympic silver medal, respectively. This was also the first Olympics where this nation won more than one medal.
Medalists
Silver Duarte de Almeida Bello and Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello — Sailing, Swallow (Golondrina).
Bronze Fernando Paes, Francisco Valadas, Jr. and Luís Mena e Silva — Equestrian, Team Dressage.
Athletics
Men's 100m: J. Rodrigues de Morais — 1st round: 3rd (heat 11)
Men's 200m: J. Rodrigues de Morais — 1st round: 3rd (heat 3)
Men's Long Jump: A. Pereira Dias Cachulo — qualifiers
Men's Triple Jump: Luís Alcide de Nunes Garcia — qualifiers João Rodrigues Vieira — qualifiers
Equestrian
Men's Individual Dressage: Fernando Paes — 9th (411 points) Francisco Valadas, Jr. — 10th (405 points) Luís Mena e Silva — 12th (366 points)
Men's Team Dressage: Fernando Paes, Francisco Valadas, Jr. and Luís Mena e Silva — 3rd (1182 points)
Men's Individual Eventing: António Serôdio — eliminated Fernando Paes — 25th (167½ points) Fernando Marques Cavaleiro — 8th (55 points)
Men's Individual Jumping: Henrique Alves Calado — 18th (26 points) Hélder de Souza — eliminated João Correia Barrento — 22nd (42½ points)
Men's Team Jumping: Henrique Alves Calado, Hélder de Souza and João Correia Barrento — eliminated
Fencing
Six fencers, all men, represented Portugal in 1948.
Men's épée Álvaro Pinto — 1st round: 5th (poule 1) Emílio Lino — 1st round: 5th (poule 8) Manuel Chagas — 1st round: 7th (poule 2)
Men's team épée Álvaro Pinto, Carlos Dias, Emílio Lino, José Castro, Manuel Chagas and João Costa — 1st round: 3rd (poule 6)
Rowing
Portugal had 14 male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.
Men's coxed four — 2nd round 2nd (heat 4) António Torres Delfim José da Silva José Joaquim Cancela José do Seixo Leonel Rêgo (cox)
Men's eight — semi-final 2nd (heat 3) Felisberto Fortes Albino Simões Neto Carlos Roque João de Sousa João Alberto Lemos Carlos da Benta José Machado Ricardo da Benta Luís Machado (cox)
Sailing
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Joao Miguez TitoFirefly151010781411260313Joaquim Mascarenhas de FiúzaJúlio de Sousa Leite GorinhoStar116 15125342926Duarte de Almeida BelloFernando Pinto Coelho BelloSwallow14451515579Joao Félix da Silva CapuchoAntónio Guedes de HerédiaCarlos Rogenmoser LourençoHenrique Reis Goncho SallatyDragon119687652123 9
Shooting
Five shooters represented Portugal in 1948.
25 metre pistol Carlos Queiroz — 54th (489 points) José Maria Ferreira — 22nd (524 points) Moysés Cardoso — 55th (465 points)
50 metre pistol Moysés Cardoso — 42nd (485 points) Carlos Queiroz — 46th (482 points)
50 metre rifle Abílio Brandão — 57th (576 points) Carlos Queiroz — 63rd (572 points) José da Silva — 66th (570 points)
Swimming
Men Rank given is within the heat. AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMário Simas100 m backstroke 1:12.8 5 Did not advance
Art competitions
Officials César de Melo (chief of mission) Frederico Paredes (fencing) J. de A. Machado (fencing) F. Duarte (rowing)
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database